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Gaumata fue, según la inscripción de Behistún (erigida por Darío I ), un mago medo que hacia 522 a. C. se sublevó en Media contra el soberano persa Cambises II, cuando este se encontraba en Egipto, fingiendo ser Esmerdis, su hermano menor.
Bardiya either ruled the Achaemenid Empire for a few months in 522 BCE, or was impersonated by a magus called Gaumata (Old Persian: 𐎥𐎢𐎶𐎠𐎫 Gaumāta), whose name is given by Ctesias as Sphendadates (Old Persian: *Spantadātah; Ancient Greek: Σφενδαδάτης Sphendadátēs), until he was toppled by Darius the Great.
15 de dic. de 2000 · Gaumāta was a Magian who claimed to be Bardiya, the son of Cyrus the Great, and seized the Achaemenid throne in 522 B.C.E. Darius I later portrayed him as a rebel and a destroyer of traditions, while Herodotus and other sources gave him a Median origin and a different role.
seizure of Persian throne. In Bardiya. …was later successfully impersonated by Gaumata, a Magian, who was able to seize the throne when Cambyses died in 522 bce. The usurper reigned for only eight months, however, before he was slain by Darius and other Persian nobles suspicious of his origin.
Su muerte no fue conocida por el pueblo, por lo que en la primavera del año 523 a. C. un usurpador llamado Gaumata, fingiendo ser Esmerdis, se autoproclamó rey de Persia en las montañas cercanas a la ciudad de Pishiyauvda.
Polícrates (570 a. C.-522 a. C.), (en griego antiguo: Πολυκράτης ), hijo de Éaces, fue un poderoso tirano de la isla de Samos entre el 540 a. C. y el 522 a. C. Su caída provocó un gran impacto en el mundo griego. Tenía la reputación de ser un guerrero feroz y un tirano ilustrado.
Gaumata / Smerdis was a son of Cyrus who became king of Persia after killing his brother Cambyses in 522 BCE. He was later killed by Darius, who claimed to have defeated a false Smerdis, and was succeeded by Vahyazdâta, who was also defeated by Darius.
